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*	This readme file provides information indicating how to 	*;
*	replicate the results in Clark, William & Matt Golder. 2006. 	*;
*	"Rehabilitating Duverger's Theory: Testing the Mechanical and 	*;
*	Strategic Modifying Effects of Electoral Laws." Comparative	*;
*	Political Studies.						*;
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*	1. Datasets							*;
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*	coxappend.dta - these are data from Amorim Neto & Cox (1997)	*;
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*	legislative_new.dta - main dataset				*;
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*	2. Do-Files							*;
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*	coxreplication1_cps.do - this replicates results relating to	*;
*	Amorim Neto and Cox in Tables 1 and 2.				*;
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*	legislative1_cps2.do - provides all results and robustness	*;
*	checks relating to effective number of legislative parties.	*;
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*	electoral1_cps2.do - provides all results and robustness checks	*;
*	relating to effective number of electoral parties.		*;
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*	3. Figures							*;
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*	ethnicfig_cps2.do - produces figures showing marginal effect of	*;
*	ethnic heterogeneity.						*;
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*	presidentialfig_cps2.do - produces figures showing marginal	*;
*	effect of temporally-proximate presidential elections.		*;
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